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Chapter 278 Seven Wonders [2]

"The seven wonders of the ancient times are fully displayed here. If this place can be moved, the person who owns it will be rich enough to rival a country. This is indeed an astonishing fortune." Yang Wubing sighed. His words surprised Zhang Wufeng and others.

Because no one recognized the things here, but Yang Wubing recognized them. How could this not be shocking?

Because of this, Yang Encai and Zhao Dongsong, who thought this was some kind of ancient ruins, couldn't help but feel disappointed.

"Teacher, do you know this place?" Li Lu asked curiously.

"Well, of course I know. The Seven Wonders of Ancient Civilization. Don't you know this?" Yang Wubing asked curiously.

Li Lu and the others immediately lowered their heads in shame, and Zhang Wufeng was even more embarrassed. Zhang Wufeng had very little knowledge about this, and he had never even heard of the Sphinx before, so he blushed when he heard this.

"Teacher, I only know about the pyramid." Li Lu blushed and stuck out her tongue.

Yang Wubing smiled and said, "Most of the seven wonders of ancient civilization have been destroyed, but they are the Pyramids of Gyn and Diti, the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, the Temple of Artemis, the Mausoleum of Mausolus, the Lighthouse of Alexandria, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, and the Colossus of the Sun on Tholos."

Hearing this, Yang Encai said in surprise: "Teacher, is the garden over there the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? But it doesn't seem to be in the air."

Hearing this, Yang Wubing suddenly laughed and said, "This doesn't mean that it is really a garden in the sky. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon are certainly not suspended in the sky. The name comes from the fact that people mistakenly translated the original 'kremastos' and 'pensilis' (which means 'hanging' in addition to 'hanging') into 'hanging'. It is generally believed that the Hanging Gardens were built by King Nebuchadnezzar II (604-562 BC) to comfort his homesick queen Amyitis, imitating the queen's hometown in the mountains. It is said that slaves had to operate mechanical devices to pump a large amount of water from the Euphrates River below to irrigate the flowers and plants in the Hanging Gardens..."

After hearing this explanation, Yang Encai and others suddenly realized.

"The reason why everything here is said to be rich enough to rival a country is that, whether it is the Hanging Gardens of Barenbi or the Colossus of the Sun God on Tsolo Island, these have not been discovered until now. But this place exists, and it clearly exists. Do you know what this means?"

Yang Wubing said very seriously.

"What does this mean?" Zhao Dongsong asked subconsciously.

Yang Encai immediately rolled his eyes, while Li Lu and Han Lisha covered their mouths and laughed, and Zhao Dongsong looked embarrassed.

"Of course this means a lot of things. The most obvious one is that it can be judged that when the Western Xia Royal Tombs appeared, the Hanging Gardens of Barenby and the Colossi of Tsolo Island had not disappeared, which can prove a lot of things. Moreover, the existence of the Hanging Gardens of Barenby and the Colossi of Tsolo Island can also prove a lot of things. At least some of the secrets of these two things can be found out. I am not an expert in this field, but I also know that these things are as important to my argument as finding dinosaur bones or baby dinosaurs now."

Yang Wubing thought for a moment and said that he also felt that the importance of this issue could not be expressed in just a few words.

"Well, mentor, I understand. That is to say, if these relics are exposed, it will definitely cause unrest in the world!" Zhao Dongsong said after thinking seriously.

"It is indeed possible." Yang Wubing said thoughtfully.

"Teacher, are those gold bricks on the ground?" Yang Encai stepped on the ground. The crisp sound was very clear. This huge space seemed very quiet.

In the distance, the light of the Pressure Mountain Lighthouse was so bright that the entire square-like area did not appear dark.

"Gold bricks? These things are not important. Since we are here, I will take you around." Yang Wubing thought for a while and said in a relaxed tone.

Zhang Wufeng didn't say anything at this time, and his crystal power didn't dissipate. Instead, he simply surrounded Yang Wubing and the other five people, shrinking them into a small area.

"Yeah." Yang Encai nodded subconsciously, his eyes fixed on the gold bricks on the ground, as if he wanted to dig a few pieces and take them back to make a fortune.

"Yang Encai, if you need money, I'll give it to you when we get out. Don't think too much about the things here, or you might lose your life." Zhang Wufeng said softly. He happened to be walking with Yang Encai, so his words were not heavy, and Zhao Dongsong and others didn't hear it. Yang Encai was shocked when he heard it, and then he lowered his head and said, "Brother Zhang, I will never do this again. I just don't want my parents to work outside to earn money for me. They work hard to save money to buy me a house and marry a wife..."

Yang Encai answered in a low voice, his mood suddenly becoming a little depressed.

"It's okay, I will protect you and bring you back." Zhang Wufeng comforted.

"This is the pyramid of Qinji, which you should all know. The great pyramids on the Canglan River are the mausoleums built by the ancient Qinji kings themselves. It is said that there are nearly 100 pyramids of all sizes in Qinji, most of which were built during the third to sixth dynasties of Qinji. Some pyramids with a history of more than 4000 years are mainly distributed in the capital and on the west bank of the Canglan River. The Guza Pyramids, the left one belongs to King Khafre, and the right one belongs to King Kufu. There is a sphinx nearby...

There is a tomb in the center of the pyramid, which can be entered through a corridor. On the top of the tomb are several large stones weighing dozens of tons. The built pyramid was used as a mausoleum. The ancient Qin people believed in eternal life after death. The tombs in the pyramid were originally filled with gold and various valuables...

There are 2600 pyramids in Qinji, the largest of which is the Guza Pyramid built around BC. All of them were built by humans. How did the ancient Qinji people carve the stone and build the tomb? The layout of the passages and chambers inside the tomb is like a maze. How did the ancient Qinji people build it? There are still many different opinions and no clear research has been done. "

Yang Wubing led everyone to the Qin and Diti Pyramids on the westernmost side of the square, and then introduced them to Zhang Wufeng and others.

"Teacher, can we go in and take a look?" Seeing that there seemed to be an entrance in the pyramid, Zhao Dongsong asked subconsciously.

"Go in? It's better not to go in." Yang Wubing looked at the huge pyramid, thought about it and rejected Zhao Dongsong's request. In fact, he also wanted to go in and take a look, but in a place like this, going in would be extremely dangerous.

"Oh, then I won't go in." Zhao Dongsong said a little disappointed.

"Well, I'll take you to see the statue of Zeus next to it." Yang Wubing said with a smile.

Zhang Wufeng walked silently in this seemingly huge space, his brows slightly furrowed, as if he was thinking about something that he had not been able to figure out.

Here, there are many places where the crystal force cannot penetrate, such as the ground below and statues like pyramids.

At this time, Zhang Wufeng even really wanted to use his Heavenly Eye to observe the environment here, but he gave up on such an action.

"…In 393 AD, the Roman Emperor Theodsius I resolutely issued an amnesty to stop the competition, and the ancient Olympic Games also ended in that year. Then, in 426 AD, an order to destroy pagan temples was issued, so the statue of Zeus was destroyed, Phidias's studio was converted into a church, and ancient Hos was destroyed; the dilapidated stone columns in the temple collapsed in the earthquakes in 522 and 551 AD, and the stones were dismantled and converted into a fortress to resist barbarian invasions. Fortunately, the statue had been transported to Constantinople before that and was kept in the palace by the eunuch Louisi for 60 years. Unfortunately, it was also destroyed in the city riots.

However, this Olympian statue of Zeus also appears here at this moment. Is it a coincidence or was it placed here on purpose?"

Yang Wubing said thoughtfully.

Zhang Wufeng suddenly seemed to understand something when he heard this. He stared at the statue of Zeus with an eagle-like gaze, as if he could see through everything.

The main body of the statue of Zeus is made of wood, with ivory covering the exposed parts of his body and gold covering his clothes. He wears a crown woven with olive branches on his head, holds a statue of the goddess of victory made of ivory and gold in his right hand, and a scepter inlaid with various dazzling metals in his left hand, with an eagle resting on the top of the scepter.

As for his throne, the statue has the "Three Graces" and "Three Seasons" (Spring, Summer, Winter) carved on the head and back of the statue; the legs and feet are decorated with the dancing goddess of victory, the human-headed lion-body sphinx and other gods of Hoth, and the bottom is about six meters wide and one meter high. Excluding the throne, the statue, which is only about 16 meters high, is equivalent to a four-story modern building, so that the head of Zeus sitting on the throne is almost touching the top of the temple.

Behind the statue hangs a sacred veil looted from the Jerusalem Temple. In front of the statue is a large, shallow olive oil pool inlaid with black marble, which uses olive oil to reflect light...

Zhang Wufeng looked at these and seemed to have understood them involuntarily. This feeling was very strange.

Yang Wubing was still looking up at the statues, falling into a state of dullness.

(End of this chapter)